Contents Introduction The development of personal pronouns in English

Contents
Introduction……………………………………………………………………….3
1. The development of personal pronouns in English…………………………..5
2. Development of possessive pronouns………………………………………...15
3. Development of demonstrative pronouns…………………………………...17
4. Development of interrogative, indefinite, negative and indefinite personal, relative pronouns………………………………………………………………...23
5. Formation of the article………………………………………………………25
Conclusion………………………………………………………………………..28
Bibliography……………………………………………………………………...30


Introduction
Any social phenomenon develops according to certain laws. Language, as a special social phenomenon, also develops according to certain laws that are characteristic only of language. In order to understand the current state of the language, its grammatical forms, its phonetic structure, the structure of its vocabulary, it is necessary to consider each phenomenon of the modern language as a well-known result of a long historical development, as the result of a number of changes and transformations that have taken place over more or less long periods of time.
Before appearing in the form in which we observe this system in the modern language, the pronoun system of the English language went through a process of development through three stages: in the Old English, Middle English and New English periods. For a long time, the system of English pronouns has undergone various changes due to various reasons. The development of the pronoun system is closely related to the appearance of the definite and indefinite articles in the English language.
The relevance¹ of this topic lies in the fact that by studying the changes in the pronoun system and the nature of the English article, we can assume its further changes in the modern language.
The aim of the work is to consider and identify changes in the English pronoun system during its development in the Old English, Middle English and New English periods and the formation of the article.
To achieve this goal, we need to complete the following tasks:
1. consider the changes in the English pronoun system until today
2. study the features of various pronouns of each period
3. give a generalized and systematic idea of the state of the pronoun system of the English language in the Old English, Middle English and New English periods
4. study the stages of formation of the definite and indefinite articles
5. summarize the result and draw a conclusion